Rhodes seals the deal with NASCAR K&N East win at Greenville Pickens

EASLEY, SC - From his perspective it was a week late, but Ben Rhodes got his first career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win.

After leading all but the final two laps in his last start on March 15 at Bristol Motor Speedway, the 17-year-old Louisville, KY, native took no chances on Saturday night by leading the final 26 laps en route to a victory in the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 on Saturday night at Greenville Pickens Speedway in Easley, SC.

It was just the 11th start for the NASCAR Next driver. His previous best finish at the track was sixth, earned in September of last year. Rhodes’ best series career finish coming into the night was a pair of third-place efforts.

Ronnie Bassett, Jr. crossed the line behind Rhodes for his first top-five-finish in six series outings. The 18-year-old rookie from Winston-Salem, NC, withstood a late charge from Drive for Diversity driver Daniel Suarez to hold on to second place. He was followed by Cameron Hayley and Jesse Little in third and fourth respectively. Suarez fell back to fifth place, his third top-five finish of the season.